The Children's Hour

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807-1882

Between the dark and the daylight,

When the night is beginning to lower,

Comes a pause in the day's occupations,

That is known as the Children's Hour.

I hear in the chamber above me

The patter of little feet,

The sound of a door that is opened,

And voices soft and sweet.

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